Local and sustainable production of biomaterials

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Local and sustainable production of biomaterials
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Swathi Kumar, Lakshmi Sujeesh, Lois Hong, Jennifer Young and Andrew Holle discuss how scientists can work with communities in low- and middle-income countries to address health-related challenges.

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Fig. 1: Sustainable wound dressing patches made from seaweed.

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  1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Swathi Kumar, Lakshmi Sujeesh, Jennifer L. Young & Andrew W. Holle

  2. Maluk Timor, Dili, Timor-Leste

    Lois Hong

  3. Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Jennifer L. Young & Andrew W. Holle

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  1. Swathi Kumar
  2. Lakshmi Sujeesh
  3. Lois Hong
  4. Jennifer L. Young
  5. Andrew W. Holle

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Correspondence to Jennifer L. Young or Andrew W. Holle.

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Kumar, S., Sujeesh, L., Hong, L. et al. Local and sustainable production of biomaterials. Nat. Mater. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02451-z

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